Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
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September 2010
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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care · Sep 2010
ReviewThe impact of nutrition on cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation.
To review the most recent aspects of nutrition therapy of cirrhotic patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. ⋯ We report the latest findings on nutrition care of patients with end-stage liver disease on the waiting list for liver transplantation such as the impact of the nutritional status on outcome, probiotic and branched-chain amino acid supplementation, as well as the use of immunomodulating formula. Another important strategy that has been shown to improve these patients' nutritional care is the offering of nocturnal meals and micronutrient supplementation.